Fastener



March 21, 1939. F. MENDl-:RMAN

vFASTENERl Filed oet. 25,- 1938 ATTOR N EYS Patented Mmm, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFl-lcE 2,151,609 i rAsTENEa Fred Mcndel'man, Miami, Fla.,assigner of oncthird t C. M. Ml'lw, mami, Fla.

Application October 25, 1938, Serial No.

' 2 Claims. (Cl. 2dr-129) fastener whlch will permit iish hooks, plugs,land A further object of the invention is to provide a fastener of thistype which will require minimum time to change a hook without-cuttingthe Wire, which can be easily manipulated in the dark, and which willnot readily be dislodged or broken.

A further object is to provide a device of thisv character, which willbe formed essent1ally of a Fiaure 4 is a cross sectional view taken onthe line ft-I o1' Figure 2. v

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the fastenershowing the use of a U-bolt to' detachably secure the end of a wire ropeor cable.

Figure 6 is a cross sectionalview taken on the line 6 8 oi' Figure 5. vReferring now to the drawing in` which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, the fastener is shown tocomw catch.

i6, and from thence passed laterally through the looped wire is adaptedAceive a looped wire, a vU-:shaped lip at the upper the edge of theother side of the catch is spaced from the tube' to provide an entranceto the The upper end wardly from the U-shaped lip Il of the tube, the 5lip inclining radially beyond'the tube and curving downwardly' in thedirection of the upper end of the catch.

In operation the passed reversely back through the tube and bentdownwardlyover the U-shaped lip as shown at open side of the catch intothe catch as shown at Il.

When the device is to be usedl in connection with wire rope or wirecable, the catch l2 is' provided with a U-bolt i8 which positively holdsthe lower end I9 of the free end portion 20 of the the fastener is to beused in connection with rethe leader wire of shing tackle as abovedescribed.

From the above description it is thought that the construction andoperation of the invention will be fully understood without furtherexplanation.

What is claimed is:V

1. A fastener comprising a tube adapted to receive a looped wire, aU-shaped lip at the upper end of the tube upon which the tree end of theto be bent downwardly along4 the exterior of the tube, and a catch ofsubstantially U-form in cross section disposed on the side of the tubeand forming an integral part of the'tube, one side of the catch beingconnected to the tube and the edge of the other side of the catch beingspaced from the tube to provide an entrance to the catch for said bentfree end of the wire,y the upper end o1.' the catch being spaceddownwardly from the U-shaped lip of the tube and the lip incliningradially beyond the tube and curving downwardly in the direction of .theupper end of the catch.

2. A fastener comprising a tube adapted to reend oi' the tube upon whichthe free end of the looped wirevis adapted tube, one side of the catchbeing connected to the curving downwardly in the direction of the uppertube and the edge of the other side of the catch end of the catch, and aU-bolt engaged through being spaced from the tube to provide an ensaidcatch for positively holdin: said bent portrance to the catch for saidbent tree end of the tion of the wire from becoming4 accidentallydiswire. the upper end of the catch being spaced ensued from the catch.

downwardly from the U-ahaped lip of the tube and. the iip incliningvradially beyond the tube and FRED MENDERMAN.

